Friday, June 20, 2014

vacation half over

In the previous post, I stated that this vacation (the
one I’m taking this week) is the first one I’d taken in 18 years without
children. That was not quite true. This is the first vacation Someone and I have
taken together without children in that many years. Someone has taken a few vacations with his
parents or just his dad, and I went by myself to Ireland to visit Sarah when
she lived there. That was probably the
best vacation I ever had in my life – lots of adventure.

Someone seems a bit restless here without children
to occupy his time. We played golf four
days straight which has been great fun, but today he is feeling under the
weather with a cold. He didn’t get up
early and run like he usually does. We
went out on the beach for a bit and thrashed around in the waves for a short
while. I sat and read a chapter of my
book, but left him asleep on the sand and came back up to the room. I get bored sitting on the beach, it’s hot, and
there’s nothing much to look at besides water, sand, and sky. Well, and people too…but they all look the
same after a while. Anyway, I don’t want
sun exposure doing something that’s not even that much fun.

Yesterday, we picked up a rental car to drive and
delivered Someone’s wreck to a place to be towed away. Now Someone is getting more serious about
finding a new car. I’m loving our rental
– it has XM radio. If I were not such a
tightwad, I would subscribe to XM radio for myself. There is nothing but country music, rap/hiphop/crap,
and religious programs to listen to in our area. I just don’t bother to turn the radio on
anymore…there’s no point, really.

Golf has been so lovely this week. We found a couple of courses very close to
where we’re staying (less than 10 minutes away). These are infinitely better courses than
where we usually play at home – so much better maintained, real sand traps, water
hazards are marked, rough is manicured, etc., etc….I could sing praises for
hours about both of them. These courses
are very expensive to play in the morning, but in the afternoons when it’s too
hot for most people, either one costs little more than the course we usually play
at home.

The rough is not so rough

What do you suppose is my most favorite thing about
these courses? You might guess the water
fountains with chilled water on every other hole, or perhaps that the golf
carts have GPSs installed on them, or perhaps the lovely flower beds beside the
tee boxes. These are all features I
marvel at, but my favorite thing of all are the friendly and unusual
squirrels. They are looking for a
handout and are not a bit shy to come right up to you, sit up on their little
haunches, and wait for you to toss them something. Well, we have no snacks to offer, but even
so, they are just very cute little rodents.
Until this week, I’d never seen black squirrels with white noses.

South Carolina squirrel

Our condo here has a king-size bed. It’s easily big enough for three people to
sleep in without ever having to touch each other. I’ve been thinking how nice it would be to
have a king-size bed at home. Gracie usually
sleeps between Someone and me. Most of
the time, there’s enough space for all of us, but sometimes we find her
stretched out perpendicular to us with both of us being crowded off the
bed. Gracie growls if Someone tries to
move her (which pleases me infinitely for some reason). When I push her to a better place, she goes
limp like a dead dog. It’s kind of
funny. I love that dog. Our bedroom is just too small for a king size
bed, anyway.

The girls report that
Gracie is grieving with me gone. She
sits outside on the porch and watches for our car. They have to make her come in, and encourage
her to eat. If not for Someone’s
expectations about vacation, I would have gone home days ago.

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About Me

I am a lady who lives in the great state of Kentucky. I consider myself to be middle-aged...no longer young, but definitely not old. I’m married to Someone (he who shall not be named). I have three lovely daughters (Sarah, Erin, and Emily), and a lovely step-daughter, Katie. We have a dog (Gracie) and a cat (Molly). After 37 years working as a computer professional, I transitioned to higher education. I’m an adjunct professor just now, and loving my work.